Last Sunday's meeting was very productive, although we pined for our fiddler and hope she feels better soon. We evaluated our repertoire, added a bit, and committed to the aforementioned performances.
DATES:
March 14th (a Monday) for Open Mike at The House Cafe. Do we need to pre-register for that? We'll do an Irish set in honor of St. Patrick's Day. I think we might be limited to a set of 3 (anyone know?), but we're working up all of these:
- Rosin the Beau (key of D). Here's one version -- I'm not sure about that Em chord. We'll try it with and without and see which we prefer. This one goes on for awhile, so we're thinking about taking turns with the verses to give each others' voices a break.
- Wearing of the Green (key of G). Howard has been looking at variations of this -- do you have a link to one you like? We haven't discussed who will sing this yet, but it seems like a Howard kind of song to me.
- King of the Fairies (key of Em). This one is all instrumental. Julie, I was thinking you and I could pass the melody back and forth from the fiddle to the tin whistle -- let's experiment. It sounded pretty with the backup chords last Sunday. Julie has extra copies if anyone needs one.
- Belle of Belfast/Tell Me Ma (key of D). I will sing this one. Here it is (I may have a different version linked in the sidebar. I need to update that thing.)
- Bard of Armagh (key of D). I brought this one in, but it's sung from a man's point of view. Nathan, would you like to take the wheel on vocals? Here's a link.
March 20th (a Sunday) we will play Belle of Belfast as part of the UUFD church service, the theme is "Women Who Dare." Hee.
June 18th (a Saturday) we will play for the Gurler House Folk Music Festival! In addition to the Irish pieces, we will also prepare/dust off the following:
- Paradise (key of G)
- Shine (key of G)
- Ripple (key of G)
- Sun's Gonna Shine (key of D) - I'll make copies
- Red Clay Halo - Nathan has copies?
- Teach Your Children (key of G)
- Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms - Laura has copies?
